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Abstract: Relate mainly to his difficulties, while governor of California, with the 1856 Vigilance Committee.

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English

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This collection of papers, some from the T. W. Norris Collection and some purchased from Harold B. Holman in Dec. 1960, relates
mainly to Johnson's difficulties, while Governor of California, arising from the 1856 Vigilance Committee in San Francisco.
The Papers were arranged chronologically. A partial list of correspondents follows.

Partial List of Correspondents

Allen, James

folder (Folder 54)

Letter, July 10, 1856

Additional Note

Also signed by James C. Zabriskie.

Ashley, Delos Rodeyn, 1828-1873

folder (Folder 82)

Letter, [ca. 1856?]

Baine, A. C.

folder (Folder 28)

Letter, June 15, 1856

Benham, Calhoun

folder (Folder 10)

Letter, May 28, 1856

Additional Note

Enclosing a copy of the proceedings of a meeting held in San Francisco, May 27, 1856.

Bissell, G. W. P.

folder (Folder 26)

Letter, June 12, 1856

Additional Note

Also signed by Balie Peyton.

Byrne, Henry H., 1824-1872

folder (Folder 73)

Letter, [Nov. 3, 1856]

Callender, Franklin Dyer, ca. 1817-1882

folder (Folder 33)

Letter, June 18, 1856

Cazneau, Thomas N.

folder (Folder 69)

Letter, Oct. 24, 1856

Additional Note

Enclosing a copy of his order to local militia.

Coleman, William Tell, 1824-1893

folder (Folder 65)

Letter, Aug. 20, 1856

Crockett, Joseph Bryant, 1808-1884

folder (Folder 38)

Letter, June 20, 1856

Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879
See U.S. Dept. of State

Forman, Ferris

folder (Folder 57)

Letter, July 20, 1856

Additional Note

Also signed by R. A. Thompson.

folder (Folder 67)

Report, [Aug. 1856]

Additional Note

Also signed by R. A. Thompson.

Freelon, Thomas W.

folder (Folder 74)

Letter, Nov. 3, 1856

Hall, G. D.

folder (Folder 44)

Letter, June 26, 1856

Howard, Volney Edward, 1809-1889

folder (Folder 30)

Letter, June 16, 1856

Johnson, John Neely, 1825-1872

folder (Folder 2)

Letter, Mar. 7, 1851, to John McDougal

folder (Folder 3)

Letter, Oct. 21, 1853, to James William Denver

folder (Folder 4)

Letter, Oct. 24, 1853, to James William Denver

folder (Folder 5)

Letter, Dec. 22, 1853, to James William Denver

folder (Folder 11)

Telegram, June 2, 1856, to David Scannell

folder (Folder 13)

Draft of proclamation, June 3, 1856

folder (Folder 14)

Letter, June 3, 1856, to William Tecumseh Sherman

folder (Folder 15)

Letter, June 4, 1856, to E. A. Rowe

folder (Folder 17)

Letter, June 7, 1856, to J. B. Crockett and others

folder (Folder 18)

Letter, [June 7, 1856?], to John E. Wool

Additional Note

Complete?

folder (Folder 20)

Letter, June 9, 1856, to Volney E. Howard

folder (Folder 21)

General order, June 9, 1856

folder (Folder 23)

Letter, June 10, 1856, to William Tecumseh Sherman

folder (Folder 24)

Letter, June 10, 1856, to David S. Terry

folder (Folder 25)

Letter, June 11, 1856, to J. B. Crockett and others

folder (Folder 27)

Commission to John A. Monroe, June 14, 1856

folder (Folder 29)

Letter, June 16, 1856, to Messrs. Terry, Douglas, Rowe and Whitman

folder (Folder 31)

Letter, June 17, 1856, to John E. Wool

folder (Folder 34)

Letter, June 18, 1856, to Ferris Forman

folder (Folder 35)

Letter, June 18, 1856, to R. A. Thompson

folder (Folder 36)

Letter, June 19, 1856, to President Franklin Pierce

folder (Folder 37)

Letter, June 19, 1856, to Issac Wistar

folder (Folder 70)

Letter to William C. Kibbe, [Oct. 1856]

folder (Folder 75)

Telegram, Nov. 3, 1856, to R. M. Jessup and Julius David

folder (Folder 76)

Telegram, Nov. 3, 1856, to William C. Kibbe

folder (Folder 77)

Telegram, Nov. 3, 1856, to William Tecumseh Sherman

folder (Folder 78)

Proclamation, Nov. 3, 1856

folder (Folder 81)

Letter, as president of the California Board of Military Auditors, Dec. 5, 1856

Additional Note

Also signed by George W. Whitman and William C. Kibbe.

folder (Folder 84)

Telegram, Feb. 6, 1857, to Mrs. Johnson

folder (Folder 86)

Letter, [Mar. 1860?], to Lewis Jacob Cist

Johnson, William Neely

folder (Folder 1)

Memorandum of my ancestors, July 25, 1848

folder (Folder 19)

Letter, June 9, 1856

Kibbe, William C.

folder (Folder 40)

Letter to the Vigilance Committee, June 21, 1856

folder (Folder 43)

Letter, June 23, 1856

folder (Folder 48)

Telegram, July 4, 1856

folder (Folder 49)

Letter, July 5, 1856

folder (Folder 53)

Letter, July 8, 1856

folder (Folder 58)

Letter, July 24, 1856

folder (Folder 59)

Letter, July 26, 1856

folder (Folder 60)

Letter, July 28, 1856

folder (Folder 61)

Letter, July 30, 1856

folder (Folder 62)

Letter, Aug. 1, 1856

folder (Folder 63)

Letter, Aug. 13, 1856

folder (Folder 64)

Letter, Aug. 14, 1856

folder (Folder 68)

Letter, Oct. 15, 1856

folder
(Folder 79)

Letter, Nov. 3, 1856

folder (Folder 80)

Letter, Nov. 6, 1856

folder (Folder 81)

Co-signer of order, Dec. 5, 1856

folder (Folder 83)

Letter, Jan. 24, 1857

Lindley, Charles

folder (Folder 16)

Letter, June 5, 1856

McCorkle, Joseph Walker, 1819-1884

folder (Folder 39)

Letter, June 20, 1856

McDougal, John, 1818-1866

folder (Folder 10)

Co-signer of letter by Calhoun Benham, May 28, 1856

Marcy, William Learned, 1786-1857
See U.S. Dept. of State

Monson, A. C.

folder (Folder 45)

Letter, June 26, 1856

Park, Trenor W.

folder (Folder 73)

Letter, Nov. 3, 1856

Peyton, Balie

folder (Folder 26)

Letter, June 12, 1856

Additional Note

Also signed by G. W. P. Bissell.

Ryan, R. F.

folder (Folder 6)

Letter, Feb. 3, 1856

San Francisco. Committee of Vigilance, 1856

folder (Folder 9)

Letter, May 18, 1856

folder (Folder 42)

Letter, June 22, 1856, to William C. Kibbe

Scannell, David, 1820-1893

folder (Folder 12)

Letter, June 2, 1856

Sherman, William Tecumseh, 1820-1891

folder (Folder 22)

Letter, June 9, 1856

folder (Folder 71)

Letter, Oct. 29, 1856

folder (Folder 72)

Telegram. Oct. 31, 1856

Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880

folder (Folder 66)

Letter, Aug. 22, 1857

Thompson, R. Aug.

folder (Folder 57)

Letter, July 20, 1856

Additional Note

Also signed by Ferris Forman.

folder (Folder 67)

Report, [Aug. 1856]

Additional Note

Also signed by Ferris Forman.

U.S. Dept. of State

folder (Folder 56)

Letter, July 19, 1856, by William Learned Marcy, enclosing opinion of Caleb Cushing